Crowley Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
A+Outdoors
Outdoors in Crowley Lake
More than half of Crowley Lake’s land is conserved: 57%
57% of Crowley Lake’s land is conserved, about 1,044 acres. 11 miles of mapped trail cross Crowley Lake, 3.8 per square mile of land. 730 acres are parks and preserves, 683 per 1,000 residents.
Among the top 1% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
57%
1,044 acres · of 2.9 sq mi of land
Trails
11 mi
3.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
730 ac
683 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Crowley Lake?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Crowley Lake have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Crowley Lake is among the top 1% of U.S. towns. All four inputs put Crowley Lake near the top nationally; conserved land ranks highest.
A+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Crowley Lake’s overall grade.
Conserved land57% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%A+Trails3.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (11 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land683 acres of park per 1,000 residents (730 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13A+Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Among the top 1%
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How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would still be A+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
1,044 conserved acres
57% of Crowley Lake’s land. Who manages Crowley Lake’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city727 ac
U.S. Forest Service308 ac
Regional agency7 ac
County3 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 727 acNational Forest · 308 acLocal Recreation Area · 10 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Local Other or Unknown | Town or city | 727 | Open |
| Inyo National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 308 | Open |
| Crowley Lake Ballfield Local Recreation Area | Regional agency | 7 | Open |
| Crowley Lake Skate Park Local Recreation Area | County | 3 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Crowley Lake
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in Crowley Lake
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Scenic views in Crowley Lake
Crowley Lake Northbound Vista Point
DirectionsCrowley Lake Southbound Vista Point
DirectionsCampgrounds in Crowley Lake
Whiskey Bay CampgroundCrowley Lake Fish Camp
DirectionsTrails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Open to bikes · 1.7 miHorses · 1.0 miUnpaved · 1.2 mi
Hilton Creek Trail1.0 mi
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
1Tennis
1Skate park
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Crowley Lake: May to August
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.8 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 46 | 51 | 57 | 65 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
August is the driest month (0.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 1.8 inches fall in January, the wettest month. The climate in Crowley Lake →
Questions about parks and trails in Crowley Lake
How much of Crowley Lake is conserved land?
57% of its land, against a typical 4% for a California town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Crowley Lake’s trails?
Crowley Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Crowley Lake?
122,644 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Crowley Lake or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,188 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Crowley Lake have?
Among the top 1% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Crowley Lake neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →